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Dames

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Dames
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NR,1hr 35min
Genres:
Musical,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1934
Director:
Ray Enright
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler  ...more
Synopsis: As the title song says, you go to those shows to see those beautiful dames--and there's dames aplenty in this 1934 Busby Berkeley extravaganza. The wisp of a plot is motivated by one Ezra Ounce (Hugh Herbert), a silly millionaire who spearheads a national anti-fun movement. Ounce's distant cousin Dick Powell is a producer of musical comedies. Ounce's partner is Guy Kibbee, whose daughter is Ruby Keeler. Kibbee is also the "sugar daddy" of Joan Blondell, Powell's friend and co-worker. Fill in the ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
As Dames amply demonstrates, some musical films simply have to be judged by a different standard than other films. Dames is enormously entertaining, but it really shouldn't be. The script is a re-hash of every other backstage musical; for novelty, the writers have thrown in some nonsense about bluenoses trying to clean up entertainment and take away all the fun in the world. It's absolutely no more ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Joan Blondell
Mabel Anderson
Dick Powell
Jimmy Higgens
Ruby Keeler
Barbara Hemingway
ZaSu Pitts
Mathilda Hemingway
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